Javier Garcia-Bengochea, MDNeurosurgeon4.9 out of 5 323 Reviews

Physician Profile

One of the first surgeons in the United States to perform minimally invasive spinal surgery, Dr. Garcia-Bengochea pioneered the first of these procedures in Florida. Dr. Garcia has devised techniques used worldwide in minimally invasive spinal surgery and has lectured internationally on this topic. A Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, Dr. Garcia has served as President of the Florida Neurosurgical Society and is a Member of the Florida Neurosurgical Society Board of Directors. His areas of focus include:

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Spine Surgery (Fusion & Dynamic)

Spinal Reconstructive Procedures

Artificial Disk Implantation

Spinal Deformity

Degenerative Spine Surgery

Disk Herniation

Back Pain Surgery

Specialties:

NeurosurgeonA Neurological Surgeon provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e. prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care and rehabilitation) of disorders of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, including their supporting structures and vascular supply; the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes that modify the function or activity of the nervous system, including the hypophysis; and the operative and non-operative management of pain. A Neurological Surgeon encompasses the surgical, non-surgical, and stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of adult and pediatric patients with disorders of the nervous system; disorders of the brain, meninges, skull, and skull base, and their blood supply, including the surgical and endovascular treatment of disorders of the intracranial and extracranial vasculature supplying the brain and spinal cord; disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord, meninges, and vertebral column, including those that may require treatment by fusion, instrumentation, or endovascular techniques; and disorders of the cranial, peripheral and spinal nerves throughout their distribution.